Our thanks to Vicky for organising the Fish and Chips evening<\/a> <\/strong>It was lovely to see so many members enjoying fish and chips, and cake! Getting ready for the earlier Flower Show – 12th July 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n At the Fish and Chips evening, we distributed the new Horticultural sections, now tailored for the Flower Show on 12th July 2026 – see here<\/a> – along with some advice on what to sow when – see Getting ready for the 12th July 2026 Flower Show<\/a>. If you\u2019d like to grow some aubergines, tomatoes, cucumbers and chillies for the show, you\u2019ll either need to sow them now or buy plug-plants in a couple of months. There are several companies that provide vegetable plugs. My preference is a relatively local supplier close to Longleat \u2013 Simpsons seeds https:\/\/www.simpsonsseeds.co.uk<\/a>. Place your order NOW to ensure plug-plants from early sowings. Either place it directly with Simpsons, or, if you want to save on postage, through me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Along side this we had a display of seed-suppliers who sell open-pollinated seeds (ie not F1), most of which are grown\/saved relatively locally see here<\/a> . Here are my favourites :<\/p>\n\n\n\n.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
![Wassailing <\/a> <\/strong>2pm on Sunday 1st February.<\/p>\n\n\n\nCome to bless the apples trees in the orchard for a good harvest, and celebrate with apple juice, music and noise!<\/p>\n\n\n\nPlease keep your dogs on leads at all times. Bring a cup if you\u2019d like a drink of apple juice\/cider. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\nQuiz night 28th Feb<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nWe\u2019re planning a quiz, with questions loosely based on gardening topics. More details to follow. Put the date into your diary!<\/p>\n\n\n\nMore events are in the pipeline – see https:\/\/hortsoc.wellow.org\/index.php\/events-2026\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nMembership<\/strong> – changed bank account<\/p>\n\n\n\nPlease join us and become a member! Our membership year runs 1st January to 31st December. Our membership fee hasn\u2019t changed for over a decade!. See the benefits of membership here<\/a>, including discounts at local gardening centres and on seeds from Suttons and Kings. To help with our administration, please would you set up a standing order on the 10th January for your membership. <\/p>\n\n\n\nWe changed our bank account in 2025. For those who have already set up a standing order, please CHANGE YOUR STANDING ORDER<\/strong> to the bank account on our membership page here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\nAffiliations<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nWe recently affiliated with Tendershoots<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nSee https:\/\/tendershoots.uk<\/a> for what this means – watch the short video clip. There is a long list of benefits – see https:\/\/tendershoots.uk\/benefits\/<\/a> and contact me if you\u2019d like more information.<\/p>\n\n\n\nWe\u2019ve long been affiliated with the RHS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nThe RHS has tremendous amount of advice https:\/\/www.rhs.org.uk\/advice<\/a>,<\/p>\n\n\n\nincluding useful memory-jogging suggestions for gardening jobs each month. https:\/\/www.rhs.org.uk\/advice\/in-month\/january<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\nBest wishes<\/p>\n\n\n\nHugh<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\nHugh Prentice<\/p>\n\n\n\nSecretary<\/p>\n\n\n\nWellow and District Horticultural Society<\/p>\n\n\n\nAffiliated with the Royal Horticultural Society<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hello! Fish and Chips Our thanks to Vicky for organising the Fish and Chips evening It was lovely to see so many members enjoying fish and chips, and cake!. Getting ready for the earlier Flower Show – 12th July 2026 At the Fish and Chips evening, we distributed the new Horticultural sections, now tailored for the Flower … Continue reading January update<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2475","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-emails"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hortsoc.wellow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2475","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hortsoc.wellow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hortsoc.wellow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hortsoc.wellow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hortsoc.wellow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2475"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/hortsoc.wellow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2475\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2476,"href":"https:\/\/hortsoc.wellow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2475\/revisions\/2476"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hortsoc.wellow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2475"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hortsoc.wellow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2475"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hortsoc.wellow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2475"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}](\"https:\/\/hortsoc.wellow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/HORT-2026-02-01-Wassail-poster.jpg\"){kind=link}